Practical Emergency and Critical Care Veterinary Nursing

Your step-by-step guide to key emergency and critical care procedures and hands-on nursing care. Whether you need to know how to prioritise your response to a patient with multiple injuries, or you need a quick practical guide to fluid therapy, this is the go-to resource.  Colour photographs of real life cases take you through the procedures and after-care, detailing essential skills. This book provides vital information for emergency and critical care situations, whether you’re looking for confidence in handling emergency cases in a first-opinion practice, or a relevant, succinct guide for an emergency clinic.  Be inspired to become more confident in your clinical skills and abilities, and learn how to apply your existing skills to an emergency situation.

A companion website provides additional resources useful in the management of emergency and critical patients. Visit the website to find information charts and video clips of procedures. Written by a veterinary nurse and a veterinary surgeon who work together in the largest UK emergency clinic, this book is a practical, how-to manual with a nursing focus. Suitable as a complete reference for nurses studying towards qualifications, or as a practical guide for daily use by veterinary nurses working in veterinary emergency and critical care.

Author Biography

Paul Aldridge BVSc Cert SAS MRCVS Paul is senior surgeon at Petmedics in Manchester; a hospitalbased practice that hosts the largest out of hours emergencyservice in the UK, dividing his time between emergency cases andsurgical referrals. He is keenly involved in the provision ofCPD on emergency medicine and surgery to both veterinary surgeonsand nurses. His clinical interests include all aspect of emergencysurgery, but particularly the management of multiple traumapatients. Louise O Dwyer MBA BSc (Hons) VTS (ECC) Dip AVN Dip AVN (Surgical) RVN Louise gained her Diploma in Advanced Veterinary Nursing(Surgical) in 2004 followed by her Diploma in Advanced VeterinaryNursing (Medical) in 2007 and Veterinary Technician Specialist(Emergency and Critical Care) in 2011. She has contributed to over20 journal articles and books and lectures regularly on all aspectsof emergency and critical care. She worked as Head Nurse forPetMedics in Manchester the largest emergency clinic in the UK forthe past 10 years, and is now Clinical Director. Louise sinterests include all aspects of emergency care but particularlytrauma and respiratory patients, as well as infection control andwound management.